Censorship of Adventure Time in Australia

Adventure Time has been heavily censored on Cartoon Network Australia. The censorship of this localization removes various scenes and statements in the show that are deemed inappropriate for young viewers. Although the PAL acceleration (for frame rate issue) might have contributed to the shortened time, most of the censorship has been removed due to sexually suggestive innuendo. This also includes some episode titles that have been renamed due to the censorship.

Incidentally, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia also show this version of Adventure Time, so the censorship might have been performed by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, the owner of Cartoon Network channels in Asia and Oceania. There are some instances where the closed captions still retain some of the dialogue that was removed.

This censorship does not carry over to other channels as episodes are currently being aired in Australia on GO uncensored. Also, like other series that were originally censored on Cartoon Network Australia, the DVD version of Adventure Time has been released uncensored by Madman Entertainment with a PG rating.

Contents

At the beginning, when everybody was at the Mallow Tea Party, Finn said, "Princess, this tea party sucks in a big way. But thanks for the invite." After the change the line says, "Princess, this tea party--in a big way! ."

"Make Out" from "Make-Out Point" has been cut, making it "The Point."

Any sexual references were cut out of the episode.

The part when Monty says, "Why are you sucking up to us?" was cut.

The sentence said by Lumpy Space Princess, "I'm really really sorry Finn, but I can't help you, because my parents are horrible idiots!" was edited, leaving, "I'm really really sorry Finn, but I can't help you." Since the Australian censors are more than aware that children as young as 4 watch Adventure Time despite the dark and gritty themes that can sometimes surface, in order to avoid any complaints from supervising parents whom might be offended by one of the character's explicit hatred for their parents and feel a sense.

The other sentence said by Lumpy Space Princess, "My friend Melissa has a car, but she's dating my ex-boyfriend Brad." was shortened to, "My friend Melissa has a car."

This sentence was changed from, "Melissa, you should totally drive us to Make-Out Point, to make out with hot boys." to "Melissa, you should drive us to The Point, to Make out with hot boys"

The sentence was cut right to " yeah lumpiniees sucks!" to Yeah, lumpiness sucks!" to "Yeah."

The sentence was cut from, "This orb is the antidote, brah." to "This orb is the antidote.", because "brah" sounds like the homophone "bra."

Finn saying "Slam-a-cow!" was cut out, possibly because it could be interpreted as a double entendre for bestiality, hence 'slamming a cow'; 'slamming' being slang for Innuendo.

When Finn kicked the ogre in the groin, the show zoomed into him, in order to not show emphasis on the groin.

The Heart Beast exploding and blood splattering all over the screen was cut.

Finn kicking the Dark Magician in the groin was edited, so when Finn's foot struck him, it would cut to a close-up of Finn's head shouting, "NEVER!" and the smoke dissipating after Finn kicked him. The clip of Finn's head was taken from the scene a few seconds later when Finn punches Key-per.

The whole scene where Ice King accidentally kisses Jake's butt was cut. However, the scene in which Jake talks to Finn about how he wants Princess Bubblegum to kiss him as the Ice King did with Jake's butt was not cut, making it a rather confusing scene.

Surprisingly, when "Ricardio the Heart Guy" first aired in Australia, that scene wasn't cut. However, the censors must have recognized the (supposed by them) sexual reference in Jake's butt and quickly "patched up" the episode to make it cleaner.

The word "patoot" was cut as well.

Ricardio revealing his plans about ripping out Princess Bubblegum's heart and making out with it was cut.

Marceline's phrase of "I carved it into this tree years ago, before you two rascals started squatting in it." was changed to "I carved it into this tree years ago, before you two started squatting in it."

Apparently, the edit was choppy and obvious, due to the fact that Marceline's head faced Finn quickly.

The scene where Marceline appears in the window and scares Finn was cut to after she taps on the window, Finn squints and screams.

The two-headed monster saying "Our crotch! Our evil crotch!" was cut to say, "Our..." It's ironic that only that this scene was edited, while Cartoon Network Australia left in words that are normally censored, such as "suck," "nuts," "freaking," and "crotch."

Marceline explaining what she would do to her father once she got her bass guitar back was cut.

The leader of the Marauders appearing in his short cameo scene saying, "Then I popped his head like a cork, and then I said, 'That's what I think about the expanding earth theory!'" was edited to not include the part about the cork, only to be covered up with normal bird chirping.

The scene where Snorlock and the Slug Lady were kissing near the Tree Fort and BMO being covered by slime were cut as well. However, a slight noise from the original scene is heard right before the episode ends.

Anyone mentioning the word "smooching" had their dialogue changed, such as, "No, not all. We should throw away the parts where Slime Princess was smoochin'. That was dumb." to "No, not at all. That was dumb."

Finn naming the several things that he got for Princess Bubblegum while she was possessed by the Lich (gasoline, lighter fluid, bleach, ammonia, plutonium) was taken away, possibly to stop juveniles from making a mixture of it and drinking it in attempt to imitate Princess Bubblegum.

"A kiss... from Princess Bubblegum... on the mouth!" was changed to "A kiss... from Princess Bubblegum!"

"Is it an open-mouth kiss?" was cut.

"...so our lips wouldn't touch." was removed.

The scene where Magic Fist (Finn and Jake) and Abracadaniel are running through the arena barely missing projectiles fired from the enemy wizards was cut, to not show the Naked Wizard's butt.

Ice King saying "I can already taste those lips." was changed to "I can already taste those sweet Bubblegum!" (in Cartoon Network Philippines) and gesturing at his mouth while his tongue swirled around was cut.

"Never in your freakin' life..." was changed to "Never in your life..."

"Holly Jolly Secrets Part I" has been refused to be aired on Cartoon Network Australia, supposedly because the implemented air date did not comply with the month, because it is a Christmas-themed episode. Cartoon Network Philippines still aired this episode, even for the first time.

"Holly Jolly Secrets Part II" has been refused to be aired on Cartoon Network Australia, supposedly because the implemented air date did not comply with the month, because it is a Christmas-themed episode, like its preceding episode. Cartoon Network Philippines still aired this episode, even for the first time.

The whole scene where Finn is inside Marceline's bathroom and he accidentally sees Marceline naked was cut out, except for the part where his face was on the ground and the dramatic face he pulls when it closes up to it.

The spell "Kee Oth Rama Pancake" was changed to "Kee Oth Pancake," because the word "rama" sounds too much like "bra." This was the case at each chanting of the spell.

The scene where the Fruit Witches ripped the giant apple to a core and chased Finn and Jake was cut, to not include all of the core. This was done because it was feared that it might scare young children.

Finn stabbing the monster's hand with the Family Sword, leading to the line "This message it's for you!" in Joshua's Final Message Remix to not be included. This was censored in both the Philippines and Australia.

The demon at the end saying "By demon law, I will cut off your love handles!" was cut.

The quotes "Yeah, I want it for my sacred bathroom" and "Let's flush it in our sacred toilet" were cut to "Yeah, I want it for my bathroom" and "Let's flush it in our toilet." The cut scene is obvious because of a sudden voice tone change. The word "sacred" were cut for an unknown reason. Religious words is one of the reasons why it is censored.

The scene between the parts where the Mirror Finn walked forward and when Lumpy Space Princess said "Oh, lump" was cut.

In the scene when Finn was throwing rocks in the Loch of Phantoms to find the safe way, Lumpy Space Princess makes her dress strap fall to seduce Finn and saying, "Oh, my orange juice is coming out" was cut.

In another scene when Finn, Jake and Lumpy Space Princess were in the cave, Lumpy Space Princess was trying to remove her dress while saying "Finn, my dress is slipping." was cut.

After Finn told Lumpy Space Princess to be careful, Lumpy Space Princess was throwing her dress into the portal while also saying "Wooo, my dress." was cut.

There was only one instance where the chorus was sung once to include the Fawn shrieking.

When Finn sang the third verse, The Australian censored version still played the instrumental version and erased Finn's mouth putting a edited drawn line over it to make it seem like Finn wasn't singing it.

The reason this was censored was because of its violent lyrics about tearing off someone's arm.